(A)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that (B)her warfare[a] is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.

(C)A voice cries:[b]
(D)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    (E)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
(F)Every valley shall be lifted up,
    and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
    and the rough places a plain.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying

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